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Consider a bounded solution of the focusing, energy-critical wave equation that does not scatter to a linear solution. We prove that this solution converges in some weak sense, along a sequence of times and up to scaling and space…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-03-24 Thomas Duyckaerts , Carlos E. Kenig , Frank Merle

We consider linear instability of solitary waves of several classes of dispersive long wave models. They include generalizations of KDV, BBM, regularized Boussinesq equations, with general dispersive operators and nonlinear terms. We obtain…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2008-02-04 Zhiwu Lin

We consider the nonlinear Schr{\"o}dinger equation (NLSE) in 1+1 dimension with scalar-scalar self interaction $\frac{g^2}{\kappa+1} (\psi^\star \psi)^{\kappa+1}$ in the presence of the external forcing terms of the form $r e^{-i(kx +…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2013-05-30 Fred Cooper , Avinash Khare , Niurka R. Quintero , Franz G. Mertens , Avadh Saxena

We consider the stability theory of solitary wave solutions for the generalized derivative nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation $$ i\partial_{t}u+\partial_{x}^{2}u+i|u|^{2\sigma}\partial_x u=0, $$ where $1<\sigma<2$. The equation has a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-04-10 Bing Li , Cui Ning

We model discrete spatial solitons in a periodic nonlinear medium encompassing any degree of transverse non locality. Making a convenient reference to a widely used material -nematic liquid crystals-, we derive a new form of the discrete…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2009-11-11 Andrea Fratalocchi , Gaetano Assanto

We show existence of solitary-wave solutions to the equation \begin{equation*} u_t+ (Lu - n(u))_x = 0\,, \end{equation*} for weak assumptions on the dispersion $L$ and the nonlinearity $n$. The symbol $m$ of the Fourier multiplier $L$ is…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-03-16 Ola Maehlen

We introduce a generalized version of the Ablowitz-Ladik model with a power-law nonlinearity, as a discretization of the continuum nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equation with the same type of the nonlinearity. The model opens a way to study the…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2018-12-17 J. Cuevas-Maraver , P. G. Kevrekidis , B. A. Malomed , L. Guo

The integrability nature of a nonparaxial nonlinear Schr\"odinger (NNLS) equation, describing the propagation of ultra-broad nonparaxial beams in a planar optical waveguide, is studied by employing the Painlev\'e singularity structure…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2020-07-22 K. Tamilselvan , T. Kanna , A. Govindarajan

We consider nonlinear Schr\"odinger equations with either power-type or Hartree nonlinearity in the presence of an external potential. We show that for long-range nonlinearities, solutions cannot exhibit scattering to solitary waves or more…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-01-11 Jason Murphy , Kenji Nakanishi

In this paper, by means of similarity transformations we study exact analytical solutions for a generalized nonlinear Schr$\ddot{\mbox{o}}$dinger equation with variable coefficients. This equation appears in literature describing the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-05-25 J. Escorcia , E. Suazo

In this work, we investigate the existence and orbital (in)stability of several branches of standing--wave solutions for the cubic nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation (NLS) posed on a looping--edge graph $\mathcal{G}$, consisting of a circle…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-04-13 Jaime Angulo Pava , Alexander Muñoz

In the present work we explore features of single and pairs of solitary waves in a fractional variant of the nonlinear Schr{\"o}dinger equation. Motivated by the recent experimental realization of arbitrary fractional exponents, upon…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2026-02-20 Robert J. Decker , A. Demirkaya , T. J. Alexander , P. G. Kevrekidis

Recently, Biswas and Milovic [Appl. Math. Comput. 208 (2009) 209-302] have found optical one-soliton solutions of a fourth order dispersive cubic-quintic nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation. In this comment, we first show there are mistakes in…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2010-04-07 Guiqiong Xu

An explanation is given for previous numerical results which suggest a certain bifurcation of `vector solitons' from scalar (single-component) solitary waves in coupled nonlinear Schroedinger (NLS) systems. The bifurcation in question is…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2009-11-07 Alan Champneys , Jianke Yang

Nonlinearity in the Schr\"odinger equation gives rise to rich phenomena such as soliton formation, modulational instability, and self-organization in diverse physical systems. Motivated by recent advances in engineering nonlinear gauge…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2025-09-24 Harvey Cao , Daniel Leykam

We establish the full asymptotic stability of solitary wave solutions for the 1D focusing cubic Schr\"odinger equation on the line under small perturbations in weighted Sobolev spaces, building upon our results in [58]. The proof integrates…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-10-22 Yongming Li

In this paper we prove the well-posedness issues of the associated initial value problem, the existence of nontrivial solutions with prescribed $L^2$-norm, and the stability of associated solitary waves for two classes of coupled nonlinear…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-02-08 Santosh Bhattarai , Adan J. Corcho , Mahendra Panthee

We study propagation of stationary waves in disordered non-linear media described by the non-linear Schroedinger equation and show that for given boundary conditions and a given coherent wave incident on a sample the number of solutions of…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2009-11-10 B. Spivak , A. Zyuzin

A new method is developed for finding exact solitary wave solutions of a generalized Korteweg-de Vries equation with p-power nonlinearity coupled to a linear Schr\"odinger equation arising in many different physical applications. This…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2025-02-06 Stephen C. Anco , James Hornick , Sicheng Zhao , Thomas Wolf

In the present work we consider the subject of dark fractional solitary waves in the realm of generalized (fractional) forms of the nonlinear Schr\"odinger (NLS) equation. While earlier studies have examined such states in the realm of real…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2026-05-21 Almudena P. Márquez , Jesús Cuevas-Maraver , Panayotis G. Kevrekidis